Stocking-suspender.



No. 801,698. PATENTED OCT. 10, 1905.- A. WARDROPER.

STOCKING SUSPENDBR.

APPLIOATIOK FILED MAR. 27, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1905.

Application filed March 27,1905. Serial No. 252,397.

0 all whom, at may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANNIE \VARDROPER,

corset manufacturer, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Langley Court, Long Acre, London, England, have invented certain new and useful linprovements Relating to Stocking-Suspenders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stocking-suspenders, and particularly to the clips thereof '2 0., the portions by which the suspenders are attached to the stockings.

According to my invention each of the clips consists of a slotted plate and a metallic loop or slotted piece hinged thereto and adapted to engage with a button that is capable of sliding in said slotted plate and said loop, the opening in the slotted plate being made somewhat smaller than that in the loop. In order to prevent or mitigate abrasion of the stockings, I coat or cover the said hinged loop with india-rubber or other appropriate material.

In order that my said invention may be clearly understood and readily carried into effect, I will describe the same more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view, and Fig. 2 an edge view, of one form of the clip, on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 1 1 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 a vertical section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

A is the slotted plate, B the metallic loop hinged thereto, and G the button capable of sliding in the slot (0 of said plateA and in the hinged loop B. B is the coating or covering of india-rubber on said loop B. In the example illustrated this coating or covering of india-rubber is in the form of a tube, which is slipped or threaded onto the wire composing the loop B prior to the bending of the latter to the shape indicated in the drawings. After the rubber-covered wire has been bent to the required shape and the free ends brought in alinement they are inserted into a hollow pivot-piece 7), the ends of which are mounted loosely in eyes or loops (0' a on the slotted plate A. These eyes may be formed by suitably bending two tongues with which said slotted plate is provided during its stamping. The hollow pivot-piece is also preferably furnished with a small protuberance 72 Fig. 4, which serves as a stop for preventing the pivot-piece from unduly sliding in the said eyes and the loop B from coming out of center or alinexnentwith the longitudinal axis of the slot a The said plate A is also formed with the usual slot (1 for enabling the clip to be connected with the suspender.

I do not desire to limit myself to the above specified form of the clip, as the form may be varied in any desired manner, so long as the clip has a hinged loop which is of such form that it is capable of being covered with india-rubber, preferably in the form of tubing, as above explained.

'hat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a stocking-Suspender clip, the combination with the hinged loop and the button engaging therewith, of a slotted plate in which said button can slide, eyes on said plate, a hollow pivot-piece fitting said eyes and receiving the ends of the loop, a tubular covering of flexible material on said loop having its meeting ends inclosed and secured by said pivot-piece, and means for preventing the said loop from unduly coming out of alinement with the slot in the said plate, substantially as described.

2. In a stocliing-suspender clip, the combination with the hinged loop and the button engaging therewith, of a slotted metallic plate in which said button can slide, eyes on said metallic plate integral therewith, a hollow pivot-piece fitting said eyes and receiving the ends of the said loop, an external protuberance on said pivot-piece lying between said eyes, and a covering of india-rubber tubing on said loop having its meeting ends inclosed and secured by said pivot-piece, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereofI have hereunto set my hand, in presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 13th day of March, 1905.

ANNIE WVARDROPER.

Witnesses:

T. SnLBY WARDLE, \VAL'rnR J. SKER'IEN. 

